Admissions Policy

Where the number of applications for admission is greater than the published admission number, applications will be considered for Year 7 against the criteria set out below. After the admission of pupils with Statements of Special Educational Needs where the Academy is named on the Statement, the criteria will be applied in the order in which they are set out below:

1. Admission of children in public care (looked after children).
2. Siblings of pupils who will be attending the Academy on the date when the applicant would be admitted. The term 'sibling' means a full, step, half, adopted or fostered brother or sister, but not cousins. A brother or sister MUST be living at the same address when the application is made. The Academy reserves the right to ask for proof of relationship.
3. Under this criterion, priority is given to applicants within the Academy linked area of the Eastern District of Northampton defined for the purposes of these admission arrangements as the area falling within the boundaries delimited by postcodes NN3 5, NN3 8 and NN3 9.
   

   If the Academy receives more applicants than available places, priority will be given to those living nearest to the Academy. The distance which determines how close the child lives to the Academy is the shortest straight line distance, as the crow flies, between the entrance to the child’s permanent address and the entrance door to the Academy main building. This distance is measured in kilometres to two decimal places, using dataMAP SMART Education GIS software or closest equivalent.

The child's permanent address is where he or she normally lives, sleeps and goes to school from. Proof of residence can be requested at any time throughout the admissions process. If false or misleading information is used to gain entry to the Academy, the offer of a place will be withdrawn and the application cancelled. In conjunction with the above criteria the following applies. Exceptionally, pupils with specific medical and social needs, supported by written evidence from an appropriate professional person, will be considered. Account will be taken of whether the needs related to the verified condition can only be met at the Academy. The medical or social needs must relate to the child. The evidence of exceptional medical or social needs must be submitted with your preference form.

For a copy of the full admissions policy which includes more detailed definitions of the criteria, please see the document, attached below.